Fade to Black 4K UHD (1980) (Scream Factory) - Blu-ray Forum

MifuneFan · 03-03-2025, 02:25 PM

Scream Factory will be releasing Fade to Black (1980) on 4K in July!

https://shoutfactory.com/collections...ectors-edition

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Bonus Features for UHD/Blu-ray

DISC ONE (4K UHD):

NEW 2025 4K Restoration
Presented in Dolby Vision (HDR-10 Compatible)
NEW Audio Commentary With Film Critic Drew McWeeny
Audio: 2.0 Mono
Audio Commentary With Actor Dennis Christopher
Audio Commentary With The Hysteria Continues
Audio Commentary With Film Historians Amanda Reyes And Bill Ackerman

DISC TWO (BLU-RAY):

NEW 2025 4K Restoration
NEW Audio Commentary With Film Critic Drew McWeeny
Audio: 2.0 Mono
Audio Commentary With Actor Dennis Christopher
Audio Commentary With The Hysteria Continues
Audio Commentary With Film Historians Amanda Reyes And Bill Ackerman
Celluloid Heroes - Interview With Executive Producer Irwin Yablans
A Brush With Darkness – Interview With Stylist Patricia Bunch
Living And Dying For The Movies – Interview With Dennis Christopher
Experimenting With Sound – Interview With Composer Craig Safan
Finishing The Story – Interview With Editor Barbara Pokras
Audio Interview With Actress Linda Kerridge
Taking The Hits – Interview With Special Effects Artist Wayne Beauchamp
A Shiny Quality - Interview With Actor Marcie Barkin
Still Gallery
Theatrical Trailer

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Eric Binford (Dennis Christopher, Breaking Away, It) lives for the movies. He works at a 35mm print depot as a delivery boy, but spends all of his free time watching classic films and collecting Hollywood memorabilia. Endlessly tormented by his colleagues, Eric drifts further and further into a dream world where he embodies the screen characters that he so deeply worships. However, when the teasing pushes him too far, he snaps and dons the outfits of his big screen idols and begins killing off his tormentors in outrageous recreations of his favorite film scenes.

Limited edition slipcover with first pressing.

DR Herbert West · 03-03-2025, 02:26 PM

Nice!

professorwho · 03-03-2025, 02:44 PM

Of course this is after I bought the VS BD in the Subscriber week sale...

Egbert Souse · 03-03-2025, 02:56 PM

One of my favorite VS releases, great to see it getting a 4K upgrade. I wonder if they're doing any other VS 4K upgrades.

JoelGoodsen · 03-03-2025, 02:59 PM

The Blu Ray was pretty damn solid, so it’s hard to get too excited about this, even though I love movies like Fade to Black.

DaylightsEnd · 03-03-2025, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by professorwho

Of course this is after I bought the VS BD in the Subscriber week sale...

Same. I haven't even broken the plastic wrap yet

Winslow Leach · 03-03-2025, 05:54 PM

Great film. The VS release has some of my favorite extras. It's loaded with cool stuff!

yourmomcalled · 03-03-2025, 06:18 PM

If they’re dealing with more Trancas (Compass) releases, I’d prefer an upgrade of Hell Night with the embattled OCN being used.

VS’s Fade to Black Blu is already great. Hard to get excited about this.

dickdarlington · 03-03-2025, 07:53 PM

Echoing the sentiment that it’s hard to get excited when I picked up the VS disc during subscriber your week.

Thank your friends who dumped money into VS that week to get this release to happen.

PowellPressburger · 03-03-2025, 08:23 PM

I’m interested but I may need to see trusted reviews first

JoelGoodsen · 03-03-2025, 08:32 PM

Can only speak for myself, but I think most of us would have been just fine living with the already fantastic VS release. If that Blu was poor, this would be a good choice for an upgrade, but it isn't. This falls in the prime examples of many boring, bare minimum work re-releases.

Would have loved a juicy fresh to disc announcement or DVD upgrade instead of this. Even an upgrade of a really old Blu would have been more exciting. Always pleased for die hard fans of the film, but another wasted annoucement imo.

Pretty sure there would have been more replies for something Amityville 2, Campfire Tales, The Willies etc.

HuggyBear73 · 03-03-2025, 08:33 PM

I'm assuming VS didn't bother holding on to rights to this is because they don't want to upgrade films to 4K.. include them in the sub package .. and then have customers get mad that they're re-releasing the same titles.

So I'm hoping SF puts out 4Ks for .. Xmas Evil ...and .. Slaughterhouse .. as well.

JoelGoodsen · 03-03-2025, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by HuggyBear73

I'm assuming VS didn't bother holding on to rights to this is because they don't want to upgrade films to 4K.. include them in the sub package .. and then have customers get mad that they're re-releasing the same titles.

So I'm hoping SF puts out 4Ks for .. Xmas Evil and .. Slaughterhouse .. as well.

In that case, I am genuinely interested to see how much uptick the PQ provides on this. I don't think we are talking 'Vampires' type difference, but curious all the same.

PowellPressburger · 03-03-2025, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by HuggyBear73

I'm assuming VS didn't bother holding on to rights to this is because they don't want to upgrade films to 4K.. include them in the sub package .. and then have customers get mad that they're re-releasing the same titles.

So I'm hoping SF puts out 4Ks for .. Xmas Evil and .. Slaughterhouse .. as well.

Christmas Evil I would love a 4K of... I would think VS would want to upgrade a few titles here and there. But I can see some SUBs getting angry over upgrades... then again I'd guess some would appreciate some VS upgrades.

HuggyBear73 · 03-03-2025, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by JoelGoodsen

In that case, I am genuinely interested to see how much uptick the PQ provides on this. I don't think we are talking 'Vampires' type difference, but curious all the same.

Hey Joel!

Do we know anyone that may be releasing .. Humongous .. or ... Neon Maniacs .. on 4K? I missed those on Blu.

And this Rambo set from LG is definitely coming, then? Should I unload my old 4Ks?

jess1581 · 03-03-2025, 08:57 PM

Well I'll be damned. I never thought I'd be upgrading my VinSyn BD anytime soon if ever.

JoelGoodsen · 03-03-2025, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by HuggyBear73

Hey Joel!

Do we know anyone that may be releasing .. Humongous .. or ... Neon Maniacs .. on 4K? I missed those on Blu.

And this Rambo set from LG is definitely coming, then? Should I unload my old 4Ks?

The way VS and other labels are doing upgrades of previous labels titles, I would be fairly confident that we will see Humongous from Scream or VS. Same with Neon Maniacs.

Cliff said he was working on it for LG, and he was doing a thorough job of it from the sounds of things, so I can't see them pulling the plug. You should be safe to unload your 4Ks.

HuggyBear73 · 03-03-2025, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by JoelGoodsen

The way VS and other labels are doing upgrades of previous labels titles, I would be fairly confident that we will see Humongous from Scream or VS. Same with Neon Maniacs.

Cliff said he was working on it for LG, and he was doing a thorough job of it from the sounds of things, so I can't see them pulling the plug. You should be safe to unload your 4Ks.

Thanks for info, Joel!

Trekkie313 · 03-03-2025, 09:22 PM

I never even watched my VS Blu-Ray yet, I'm kinda pissed off about this as I can't recoup my investment.

LawnFurniture · 03-03-2025, 09:25 PM

I liked the movie, but can't say I liked it enough to double dip on the 4k. I was curious why VS didn't originally release this as a 4k back in the day since it was a pretty big get for them at that point in time.

03-03-2025, 08:33 PM	#12
HuggyBear73 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:May 2011 Trading Score:128	I'm assuming VS didn't bother holding on to rights to this is because they don't want to upgrade films to 4K.. include them in the sub package .. and then have customers get mad that they're re-releasing the same titles. So I'm hoping SF puts out 4Ks for .. Xmas Evil ...and .. Slaughterhouse .. as well. Last edited by HuggyBear73; 03-03-2025 at 08:51 PM.

03-03-2025, 02:26 PM	#2
DR Herbert West Blu-ray King Top contributor Member since:May 2018 Location:Arkham, MA Trading Score:8	Nice!

03-03-2025, 02:44 PM	#3
professorwho Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Apr 2017 4K collection:229 Blu-ray collection:982 Blu-ray reviews: 64 Trading Score:7	Of course this is after I bought the VS BD in the Subscriber week sale...

03-03-2025, 02:56 PM	#4
Egbert Souse Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Mar 2011 Location:Northern Virginia Home Theater Gallery:5 4K collection:309 Blu-ray collection:1871 DVD collection:182 Digital collection:3	One of my favorite VS releases, great to see it getting a 4K upgrade. I wonder if they're doing any other VS 4K upgrades.

03-03-2025, 02:59 PM	#5
JoelGoodsen Blu-ray Knight Member since:Oct 2011	The Blu Ray was pretty damn solid, so it’s hard to get too excited about this, even though I love movies like Fade to Black.

03-03-2025, 05:54 PM	#7
Winslow Leach Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2020 Location:Connecticut 4K collection:55 Blu-ray collection:255 DVD collection:312	Great film. The VS release has some of my favorite extras. It's loaded with cool stuff!

03-03-2025, 06:18 PM	#8
yourmomcalled Senior Member Member since:Sep 2014 4K collection:304 Blu-ray collection:2058 DVD collection:215	If they’re dealing with more Trancas (Compass) releases, I’d prefer an upgrade of Hell Night with the embattled OCN being used. VS’s Fade to Black Blu is already great. Hard to get excited about this.

03-03-2025, 07:53 PM	#9
dickdarlington Power Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Las Vegas, NV 4K collection:580 Blu-ray collection:1085 MA collection:1234	Echoing the sentiment that it’s hard to get excited when I picked up the VS disc during subscriber your week. Thank your friends who dumped money into VS that week to get this release to happen.

03-03-2025, 08:23 PM	#10
PowellPressburger Blu-ray Count Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:DIFFERENT PLACES! Minneapolis 4K collection:995 Blu-ray collection:3680 DVD collection:359 Blu-ray reviews: 51 Trading Score:297	I’m interested but I may need to see trusted reviews first

03-03-2025, 08:32 PM	#11
JoelGoodsen Blu-ray Knight Member since:Oct 2011	Can only speak for myself, but I think most of us would have been just fine living with the already fantastic VS release. If that Blu was poor, this would be a good choice for an upgrade, but it isn't. This falls in the prime examples of many boring, bare minimum work re-releases. Would have loved a juicy fresh to disc announcement or DVD upgrade instead of this. Even an upgrade of a really old Blu would have been more exciting. Always pleased for die hard fans of the film, but another wasted annoucement imo. Pretty sure there would have been more replies for something Amityville 2, Campfire Tales, The Willies etc.

03-03-2025, 08:57 PM	#16
jess1581 Blu-ray Champion Member since:May 2016 Location:Fairhaven, Massachusetts 4K collection:551 Blu-ray collection:2333 Blu-ray reviews: 73	Well I'll be damned. I never thought I'd be upgrading my VinSyn BD anytime soon if ever.

03-03-2025, 09:22 PM	#19
Trekkie313 Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Nov 2010 Location:Ohio Home Theater Gallery:2 4K collection:206 Blu-ray collection:1650 DVD collection:547 Digital collection:156 Blu-ray reviews: 5 Trading Score:59	I never even watched my VS Blu-Ray yet, I'm kinda pissed off about this as I can't recoup my investment.

03-03-2025, 09:25 PM	#20
LawnFurniture Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2012 4K collection:568 Blu-ray collection:2115 DVD collection:160 Digital collection:6 iTunes collection:52 Trading Score:416	I liked the movie, but can't say I liked it enough to double dip on the 4k. I was curious why VS didn't originally release this as a 4k back in the day since it was a pretty big get for them at that point in time.

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